Definitions

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  • adjective not woody; not consisting of or resembling wood. Opposite of woody.

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  • adjective Not woody

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  • adjective not woody; not consisting of or resembling wood

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Examples

  • These include dominance by woody, broad-leaved, deciduous plants, nonwoody plants with underground storage structures and spring blooming (1,400 species in the Great Smokies alone), early-leafing ephemeral herbs or shade-adapted perennials with buds that overwinter, and plant communities that vary predictably along environmental gradients.

    Appalachian-Blue Ridge forests 2008

  • However, a few trees, such as cottonwoods, oaks, and willows grow in river valleys, and some nonwoody plants, specifically a few hundred species of flowers, grow among the grasses.

    Grassland biome 2008

  • Stems remain thin and nonwoody throughout the plant's life.

    28 additional technical notes about tropical agriculture 1996

  • Stems remain thin and nonwoody throughout the plant's life.

    6: Soil health and plant nutrition 1996

  • Sweet basils are herbaceous (nonwoody, nonpersistent), having the taproot shaped roots, and the leaves are generally a broad oval shape and make a special fragrance.

    CreationWiki - Recent changes [en] 2010

  • The vegetation at that time consisted of nonwoody plants.

    Red Hispanic - A Townhall.com user blog 2009

  • Herbaceous stems are mature nonwoody stems that exhibit only primary growth.

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  • Epidermis is an outer protective covering tissue of plant roots, leaves, and stems of nonwoody plants.

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  • Herbaceous stems are mature nonwoody stems that exhibit only primary growth.

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  • Epidermis is an outer protective covering tissue of plant roots, leaves, and stems of nonwoody plants.

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